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Alanna Hartzok's avatar

Thanks Diane. The Icarus meme is certainly pertinent to our times. When the USSR fell apart the people knew what they knew their NO but not their YES, hence the hard landing into much stress and poverty. Yes, we need a plan as to where to land. Having clarity on the way forward will help us know how to strategize. Many say the US will not only lose its hegemon status (already lost perhaps) but will also fall apart as a nation state. (I disagree with Phil Davis who posted that he thought it would be along the Mason Dixon line, more like bioregions.) I also appreciate all the links you put into this. Lovely music certainly helps sooth frayed nerves.

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Great post. According to Armstrong's model we will see a drastic change by 2032. When the west losses its hegemony and passes as a great power. Mainly this applies to financial capital as it move to the east or Asia particularly China. I know too many this may sound crazy, but it was crazy to think the UK would pass, an Empire where the sun never set, and lost its status as a Capital superpower to the updater America.. it will also mark a time where the US will officially split once and for all. It will split along it's traditional Mansion Dixon line. States that weren't yet firmed will decide what side they want, but it will happen.

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